How To Install alsaplayer-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is alsaplayer-common
alsaplayer-common is:
Alsaplayer is a PCM player designed specifically for use with ALSA, but works great with OSS or EsounD. It’s heavily threaded which cuts down on skipping, offers optional and even simultaneous visual scopes, plays mp3, mp2, ogg, cdda, audiofs, and lots more.
This package contains the main alsaplayer program, and needs one interface plugin and one output plugin. By default, GTK+ interface and alsa output will be installed.
There are three methods to install alsaplayer-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alsaplayer-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alsaplayer-common
Install alsaplayer-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alsaplayer-common
Install alsaplayer-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install alsaplayer-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alsaplayer-common
How To Uninstall alsaplayer-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the alsaplayer-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alsaplayer-common
Uninstall alsaplayer-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alsaplayer-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alsaplayer-common
Remove alsaplayer-common Configurations and Data
To remove alsaplayer-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alsaplayer-common
Remove alsaplayer-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alsaplayer-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alsaplayer-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alsaplayer-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
